Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2017-7828
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when flushing and resizing layout because the "PressShell" object has been freed while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash during these operations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57, Firefox ESR < 52.5, and Thunderbird < 52.5.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.073 (94.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.073 · newest: 0.073 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 7.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 7.4, 7.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0, 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00001.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4035 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-25/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-26/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4061 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-7828?
- CVE-2017-7828 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2017-7828?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-7828 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.